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From students on field trips to hikers in Ohio's national forest, local residents are feeling
the impact of the federal government shutown.

Southeast of Columbus, the U.S. Forest Service today closed campgrounds and certain trails in
the Wayne National Forest until further notice.

Trails for all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles and horseback riders are closed, as are
campgrounds at Lake Vesuvius Recreation Area near Ironton and Leith Run Recreation Area near
Marietta, said spokesman Gary Chauncey.

Parts of Wayne National Forest remain open to hunting and all hiking trails remain open,
Chauncey said.

Rangers and a limited number of firefighters remain on duty in the forest, but other
employees are heading home as part of “an orderly shutdown,” he said.

The Wayne National Forest covers more than a quarter-million acres across parts of
southeastern Ohio.

Students visiting Washington on field trips will not be able to see the usual federal sites. A group of 27 students from the St. Agatha
School in Upper Arlington left this morning for a weeklong eighth-grade trip to the nation’s
capital, and other schools are planning trips in the near future. Travel agents are arranging other
places to visit.

Federal court is still funded for about 14 days. But 40 percent of the U.S. attorney’s office
nationwide, including in Columbus, has been furloughed, including attorneys and staff.

The public information officer for the Southern District of Ohio’s U.S. attorney’s
office has been furloughed.

U.S. attorneys have been told they should do their jobs and not talk about who’s been furloughed
or its affect.

The 11,000-plus federal employees at Defense Supply Center Columbus on the East Side will
continue working for the immediate future because of the way the two major agencies there are
funded.

The Defense Logistics Agency - Land and Maritime provides equipment to the military services
and then receives money from those services. So the agency is a step removed from the
appropriations process that has shut down the government, said Michael L. Jones, a spokesman.

The agency has cash reserves on hand that will last a week, or possibly a little longer,
Jones said. But because the shutdown means the military services aren’t sending money for more
equipment.

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is funded in a similar way, said spokesman Tom
LaRock, and also has cash reserves on hand. He said it’s not yet clear how long that money will
last the service.